George Shaw (1880 - 1959)

Born 17 Oct 1880 in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Barbara (Lister) Shaw — married 27 Nov 1903 in Blackfriars, Glasgow, Scotland

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1959 at age 79 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

George Shaw was born in Scotland.

George Shaw was born October 17,1880 to Robert Shaw and Margaret Livingston Auchinvole in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

George married Barbara Lister on November 27, 1903 in the District of Blackfriar's in the Burgh of Glasgow, Scotland. Witnesses: Archibald Horn and Janet Watson. Archibald was the brother-in-law of Barbara and married to Margaret Lister.

George and Barbara had five children.

George left Scotland before his family in 1911 and emigrated to the Nanaimo coal mines on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

His family arrived later on in the year arriving at Quebec City on August 20th.

1921 Canada Census, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Residence: 726 Victoria Rd

• George Shaw Head Male M 40 Coal Miner Scotland
• Barbara Shaw Dau Female S 17 Scotland
• Robert Shaw Son Male S 15 Apprentice Carpenter Scotland
• Annie Shaw Dau Female S 12 Scotland
• Martha Shaw Dau Female S 10 Scotland
• David Shaw Son Male S 8 BC

George died October 28, 1959 in Nanaimo Hospital. He was buried October 30th in the Nanaimo Cemetery.

Sources

• family search tree
• downloaded documents from James McIntyre's tree on Ancestry (sent him a thank you)
• [1] Death Registration